ISLAMABAD, (DNA) –  Pakistan on Tuesday condemned rocket attacks on Kabul close to the Afghan Presidential Palace during Eid prayers. The Foreign Office spokesperson, in a statement, urged all parties to respond to the government’s ceasefire offer. According to foreign media, multiple rockets hit near the diplomatic area in Kabul early Tuesday, as officials said fighting had broken out between security forces and militants in the city’s old quarter. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack, which came just days after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offeredRead More

NEW DELHI, (DNA) – A sedition case was registered against ex-Indian cricketer and a sitting minister, Navjot Singh Sidhu, for hugging Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the oath ceremony of new Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Congress leader and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu was slapped with a sedition case on Monday by a lawyer in Bihar as he claimed that the gesture of Sidhu was tantamount to insulting the Indian Army. Sudhir Kumar Ojha, known for indicting celebrities, filed the petition with Muzaffarpur’s chief judicial magistrate.Read More

MAKKAH, AUG 21 (DNA) – Millions of pilgrims, who spent the whole night in the open sky offering prayers in Muzdalifah proceeded to Mina after Fajr prayers this morning (Tuesday). After reaching Mina, they performed stoning at Jamarat Al-Aqba, sacrificed animals, shaved their heads and then left for Makkah to perform Tawaf Al-Ifada and Sai’, two other pillars of Hajj. In the remaining days of Hajj, pilgrims will perform the only ritual of stoning at each of the three Jamarat in Mina. Earlier, Muslim pilgrims ascended Mount Arafat in SaudiRead More